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Thanksgiving: Giving thanks
I have a lot to give thanks for, great and small, and I bet you do too: for the soft, cold rain instead of icy roads, for the warm cup…
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First Annual FEAST Conference
OK folks, as Laura Collins says: “A new era of science-based, family inclusive and truly optimistic eating disorder treatment begins now.”And it begins with the F.E.A.S.T. conference, the very first,…
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What would Botboy do?
Even when thinking about eating disorders I can’t help but ask myself: “wwbbd? --what would Botboy do?” Who the heck is Botboy? Well, the short answer is that Botboy is a social robot of my imagining, about whom…
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5 Things to Look for in an Eating Disorder Program
As Dr. O’Toole is away this week, I thought I would try to fill her rather roomy shoes and take a stab at this week’s blog. As CEO I’m often…
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Who is not a candidate for family-based eating disorder treatments?
Who is not a candidate for family-based treatments (FBTs)? We don’t like to think about this question, and we like to talk about it openly even less. As a community…
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Vertical Integration of Eating Disorder Treatment
There are many by-words in contemporary medicine and ever more coming along. “Vertical integration” is one of them, but what exactly does it mean?It means something that we have been…
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What does a good doctor look like?
What is it that makes a good doctor? The much vaunted ‘bedside manner’—what does it mean? I think it’s the old “give a damn” factor at work, a factor I…
